Mary Shelly’s novel Frankenstein revolves around Victor Frankenstein, a Genevese scientist, and his desire to create a living being. Victor dedicates years to researching and creating a living creature but the result of his experiment repulses him and he flees, abandoning his creation in an unfamiliar world. Frankenstein’s creation is made from a collection of organic parts mashed together to form something with a face and stature that differ so greatly from the typical person, he is labeled a monster by everyone before they view his actions or try to understand him. The harsh judgment imparted by strangers influences the creature's actions and beliefs and causes him to behave the way everyone believes he would, however, if no one had imparted
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“They are prejudiced against me. I have good dispositions; my life has been hitherto harmless, and, in some degree, beneficial; but a fatal prejudice clouds their eyes, and where they ought to see a feeling and kind friend, they behold only a detestable monster.” (125) He intends to help a family of cottagers who live in poverty and struggle to survive, but since he does not conform to the standards of “perfect” humans, they determine he will only harm them. This quote illuminates how detrimental prejudice and judgment are to humans because they undermine connection and friendship by blocking the two from ever happening. Creation is surrounded by prejudice and terror with each contact he makes with humans so much that their preconceptions begin to influence his behavior. During the creature’s journey to Geneva, he sees Victor’s younger brother, William, who he believes is too young to have learned the ideas of deformity. An idea to take the boy and make him into a friend populates the creation’s mind, however, when he attempts to snatch the child, “[h]e struggled violently; ‘Let me go,’ he cried; ‘monster! ugly
“They are prejudiced against me. I have good dispositions; my life has been hitherto harmless, and, in some degree, beneficial; but a fatal prejudice clouds their eyes, and where they ought to see a feeling and kind friend, they behold only a detestable monster.” (125) He intends to help a family of cottagers who live in poverty and struggle to survive, but since he does not conform to the standards of “perfect” humans, they determine he will only harm them. This quote illuminates how detrimental prejudice and judgment are to humans because they undermine connection and friendship by blocking the two from ever happening. Creation is surrounded by prejudice and terror with each contact he makes with humans so much that their preconceptions begin to influence his behavior. During the creature’s journey to Geneva, he sees Victor’s younger brother, William, who he believes is too young to have learned the ideas of deformity. An idea to take the boy and make him into a friend populates the creation’s mind, however, when he attempts to snatch the child, “[h]e struggled violently; ‘Let me go,’ he cried; ‘monster! ugly